The Jardin botanique de l'École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort is a botanical garden operated by the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort , and located on the school's grounds at 7, avenue du Général de Gaulle, Maisons-Alfort , Val-de-Marne , Île-de-France , France . It is open to the public; an admission fee is charged.
5-559: Alfort may refer to: École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort , school of veterinary medicine in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France Jardin botanique de l'École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort , botanical garden operated by the École Nationale Vétérinaire Musée Fragonard d'Alfort , museum of anatomical oddities located at within the École Nationale Vétérinaire Alfort Smith (1846–1908), English cricketer Maisons-Alfort , commune in
10-438: A particularly strong collection of melliferous plants (those used for honey production) and beehives , as well as a seed bank containing 1,813 accessions representing 1,700 species (as of 1994). 48°48′45″N 2°25′30″E / 48.8126°N 2.4250°E / 48.8126; 2.4250 This Val-de-Marne geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
15-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jardin botanique de l%27%C3%89cole nationale v%C3%A9t%C3%A9rinaire d%27Alfort The garden was first established in 1766 as the school's jardin des plantes under the direction of Honoré Fragonard , and in 1771 began to classify plants according to the botanical system of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708). In 1801, it began to specialize in silkworm cultivation and honey production. By 1882, when
20-411: The herb garden moved, it contained about 1,600 species classified according to the "Baillon system". During World War I the garden was converted to grow vegetables ; though subsequently restored, it was reduced in area by about 4,000 m in 1930. Garden restoration began in 1960 and accelerated in the late 1970s. Today the garden contains collections of herbs and toxic and medicinal plants , with
25-474: The southeastern suburbs of Paris, France Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Alfort . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfort&oldid=545638426 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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